Does absolute privilege extend to communications by lawyers in respect of judicial proceedings?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from McKerracher v Neustater, 2022 BCSC 389 (CanLII):

The Court in Hamouth v. Edwards & Angell, 2005 BCCA 172, concluded that absolute privilege extends to communications by lawyers in respect of judicial proceedings:

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